Aviation News
Nikkei reports that Malaysia has approached Japan for second-hand Kawasaki P-3 maritime patrol aircraft and Tokyo is giving serious consideration on the proposal.
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Chinese firm DJI has quietly released a firmware for its Phantom quadcopters so that they will be disabled in Iraq and Syria.
By Helge Könnecker (Multicopter-Uetze.de) (Own workOriginal text: selbst fotografiert) [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons
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A MQ-9 from Holloman Air Force Base went down at approximately 11:30 a.m. on May 2. No one was injured.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Emily A. Kenney
The Hellenic Air Force is retiring its McDonnell Douglas RF-4E at Larissa Air Base on May 5. 348 Squadron will be hosting a retirement ceremony in the morning.
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Graphic: HAF
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Mainichi Shimbun reports that JS Izumo has completed its escort mission of a U.S Navy supply ship and is joined by destroyer JS Sazanami for the trip to Singapore.
By Kaijō Jieitai （海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force） (http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/jmp/201612.html) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons